Nicobar Islands

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a group of nearly 600 islands in the Bay of Bengal. Although part of politically, they are closer to and than to the Indian mainland.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island group in the Indian Ocean
  • Also known as: Micobar Islands”, “Nakkavār”, and “Nicobars

Nicobar Islands

Latitude
8° north
Longitude
93.5° or 93° 30′ east
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
6MWM2G22+22
Geo­Names ID
1261447
Wiki­data ID
Q157286
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Wu Chinese—“Nicobar Islands” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Pulo-pulo Nikobar
  • Afrikaans: Nicobar-eilande
  • Arabic: جزر نيكوبار
  • Armenian: Նիկոբարյան կղզիներ
  • Assamese: নিকোবৰ দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
  • Azerbaijani: Nikobar adaları
  • Basque: Nicobar uharteak
  • Basque: Nicobar
  • Basque: Nikobar uharteak
  • Belarusian: Нікабарскія астравы
  • Belarusian: Нікабарскія выспы
  • Bengali: নিকোবর দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
  • Breton: Inizi Nikobar
  • Bulgarian: Никобарски острови
  • Burmese: နီကိုဗာကျွန်းစု
  • Catalan: Nicobar
  • Cebuano: Nicobar Islands
  • Chinese: 尼科巴群岛
  • Chinese: 尼科巴群島
  • Czech: Nikobarské ostrovy
  • Czech: Nikobary
  • Danish: Frederiksøerne
  • Danish: Nicobarerne
  • Danish: Nikobarerne
  • Dutch: Frederik Oerne eilanden
  • Dutch: Frederikseilanden
  • Dutch: Frederiksoerne
  • Dutch: Frederiksøerne
  • Dutch: Nicobar Islands
  • Dutch: Nicobareilanden
  • Dutch: Nicobaren
  • Esperanto: Nikobaroj
  • Estonian: Nicobari saared
  • Estonian: Nicobarid
  • Finnish: Nikobaarit
  • French: Iles Nicobar
  • French: îles Nicobar
  • French: Îles Nicobar
  • Galician: Illas Nicobar
  • Georgian: ნიკობარის კუნძულები
  • German: Nicobaren
  • German: Nikobaren
  • Gujarati: નિકોબાર ટાપુઓ
  • Hindi: निकोबार द्वीपसमूह
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Nicobar
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Nikobar
  • Indonesian: Nicobar
  • Indonesian: Nikobar
  • Italian: Isole Nicobare
  • Italian: Nicobare
  • Japanese: ニコバール諸島
  • Japanese: ニコバル諸島
  • Kirghiz: Никобар аралдары
  • Korean: 니꼬바르 제도
  • Korean: 니꼬바르제도
  • Korean: 니코바르 제도
  • Latvian: Nikobaru salas
  • Lithuanian: Nikobarų salos
  • Macedonian: Никобари
  • Macedonian: Никобарски Острови
  • Magahi: निकोबार द्वीपसमूह
  • Magahi: निकोबार
  • Malagasy: Nikobara (nosy)
  • Malagasy: Nikobara
  • Malay: Kepulauan Nakkavaram
  • Malayalam: നിക്കോബാർ ദ്വീപുകൾ
  • Marathi: निकोबार द्विपसमूह
  • Marathi: निकोबार द्वीपसमूह
  • Mingrelian: ნიკობარიშ კოკეფი
  • Mongolian: Никобарын арлууд
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nicobarøyene
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nikobarene
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Nikobarane
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Nikobarøyane
  • Norwegian: Nikobarene
  • Panjabi: ਨਿਕੋਬਾਰ ਟਾਪੂ
  • Papiamento: Islanan Nicobar
  • Persian: جزایر نیکوبار
  • Polish: Nikobary
  • Portuguese: Frederiksøerne
  • Portuguese: Ilhas de Nicobar
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Nicobar
  • Portuguese: Nicobar
  • Russian: Никобарские острова
  • Russian: Никобары
  • Scots: Nicobar Islands
  • Serbian: Nikobari
  • Serbian: Никобари
  • Serbian: Никобарска острва
  • Silesian: Ńikobary
  • Slovak: Nikobary
  • Spanish: Islas Nicobar
  • Spanish: Nicobar
  • Swedish: Nicobar Islands
  • Swedish: Nikobarerna
  • Tamil: நிகோபார் தீவுகள்
  • Tamil: நிக்கோபார் தீவு
  • Tamil: நிக்கோபார் தீவுகள்
  • Telugu: నికోబార్ దీవులు
  • Thai: หมู่เกาะนิโคบาร์
  • Turkish: Nicobar Adaları
  • Ukrainian: Нікобарські острови
  • Vietnamese: Quần đảo Nicobar
  • Waray (Philippines): Purô Nicobar
  • Wu Chinese: 尼科巴群岛

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